Illinois

Mark your calendars for June 2026 when the Big Boy locomotive rolls into town, and communities across Illinois get a taste of rail history.

Drive-in movies return as Route 66 celebrates 100 years with events, films, and summer nights in Springfield.

USA Today readers have ranked Busch Stadium as a better place to watch a MLB game than Wrigley Field.

The UPS driver buyout offer is now off the table in both Missouri and Illinois.

Those purple fields in the Midwest are filled with henbit, a spring-blooming weed that attracts bees and triggers allergies.

Multiple videos captured the moment a huge meteor exploded as witnessed by hundreds in Illinois on Tuesday.

A storm chaser reportedly found a record 5-inch hail stone in Kankakee County, Illinois.

Silver Dollar City is retiring one of its most popular coasters due to the resumption of mining operations under the park.

A huge sonic boom just rattled much of northeastern Missouri and west-central Illinois, but no plane activity can explain it yet.

A 300-year-old church in Cahokia, Illinois, ties to Lewis and Clark and remains active today with tours, weddings, and weekly Latin Mass.